Laura Kalbag

Biography

Mon, 23 Nov 2020 15:41:22 +0000

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Laura Kalbag is a British designer living in Ireland, and author of Accessibility For Everyone from A Book Apart. She’s co-founder of Small Technology Foundation, a tiny two-person-and-one-husky not-for-profit organisation advocating for and building small technology designed to increase human welfare, not corporate profits.

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Laura Kalbag (https://laurakalbag.com) is a British designer living in Ireland, and author of Accessibility For Everyone (https://abookapart.com/products/accessibility-for-everyone) from A Book Apart. She’s co-founder of Small Technology Foundation (https://small-tech.org), a tiny two-person-and-one-husky not-for-profit organisation advocating for and building small technology designed to increase human welfare, not corporate profits.

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[Laura Kalbag](https://laurakalbag.com) is a British designer living in Ireland, and author of [Accessibility For Everyone](https://abookapart.com/products/accessibility-for-everyone) from A Book Apart. She’s co-founder of [Small Technology Foundation](https://small-tech.org), a tiny two-person-and-one-husky not-for-profit organisation advocating for and building small technology designed to increase human welfare, not corporate profits.

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<a href="https://laurakalbag.com">Laura Kalbag</a> is a British designer living in Ireland, and author of <a href="https://abookapart.com/products/accessibility-for-everyone">Accessibility For Everyone</a> from A Book Apart. She’s co-founder of <a href="https://small-tech.org">Small Technology Foundation</a>, a tiny two-person-and-one-husky not-for-profit organisation advocating for and building small technology designed to increase human welfare, not corporate profits.

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Laura Kalbag is a British designer living in Ireland, and author of Accessibility For Everyone from A Book Apart. She’s co-founder of Small Technology Foundation, a tiny two-person-and-one-husky not-for-profit organisation advocating for and building small technology designed to increase human welfare, not corporate profits.

On an average day, Laura does everything from design and development, learning how to run a sustainable not-for-profit, and trying to make privacy, and rights-respecting technology, accessible to a wide audience. You can find her making design decisions, writing code, nudging icon pixels, or interpreting a privacy policy into something humans can understand. Sometimes she speaks at conferences and writes articles too.

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Laura Kalbag (https://laurakalbag.com) is a British designer living in Ireland, and author of Accessibility For Everyone (https://abookapart.com/products/accessibility-for-everyone) from A Book Apart. She’s co-founder of Small Technology Foundation (https://small-tech.org), a tiny two-person-and-one-husky not-for-profit organisation advocating for and building small technology designed to increase human welfare, not corporate profits.

On an average day, Laura does everything from design and development, learning how to run a sustainable not-for-profit, and trying to make privacy, and rights-respecting technology, accessible to a wide audience. You can find her making design decisions, writing code, nudging icon pixels, or interpreting a privacy policy into something humans can understand. Sometimes she speaks at conferences and writes articles too.

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[Laura Kalbag](https://laurakalbag.com) is a British designer living in Ireland, and author of [Accessibility For Everyone](https://abookapart.com/products/accessibility-for-everyone) from A Book Apart. She’s co-founder of [Small Technology Foundation](https://small-tech.org), a tiny two-person-and-one-husky not-for-profit organisation advocating for and building small technology designed to increase human welfare, not corporate profits.

On an average day, Laura does everything from design and development, learning how to run a sustainable not-for-profit, and trying to make privacy, and rights-respecting technology, accessible to a wide audience. You can find her making design decisions, writing code, nudging icon pixels, or interpreting a privacy policy into something humans can understand. Sometimes she speaks at conferences and writes articles too.

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<p><a href="https://laurakalbag.com">Laura Kalbag</a> is a British designer living in Ireland, and author of <a href="https://abookapart.com/products/accessibility-for-everyone">Accessibility For Everyone</a> from A Book Apart. She’s co-founder of <a href="https://small-tech.org">Small Technology Foundation</a>, a tiny two-person-and-one-husky not-for-profit organisation advocating for and building small technology designed to increase human welfare, not corporate profits.</p>

<p>On an average day, Laura does everything from design and development, learning how to run a sustainable not-for-profit, and trying to make privacy, and rights-respecting technology, accessible to a wide audience. You can find her making design decisions, writing code, nudging icon pixels, or interpreting a privacy policy into something humans can understand. Sometimes she speaks at conferences and writes articles too.</p>

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I’m a British designer living in Ireland, and author of Accessibility For Everyone from A Book Apart. I’m co-founder of Small Technology Foundation, a tiny two-person-and-one-husky not-for-profit organisation advocating for and building small technology designed to increase human welfare, not corporate profits.

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I’m a British designer living in Ireland (https://laurakalbag.com), and author of Accessibility For Everyone (https://abookapart.com/products/accessibility-for-everyone) from A Book Apart. I’m co-founder of Small Technology Foundation (https://small-tech.org), a tiny two-person-and-one-husky not-for-profit organisation advocating for and building small technology designed to increase human welfare, not corporate profits.

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[I’m a British designer living in Ireland](https://laurakalbag.com), and author of [Accessibility For Everyone](https://abookapart.com/products/accessibility-for-everyone) from A Book Apart. I’m co-founder of [Small Technology Foundation](https://small-tech.org), a tiny two-person-and-one-husky not-for-profit organisation advocating for and building small technology designed to increase human welfare, not corporate profits.

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<a href="https://laurakalbag.com">I’m a British designer living in Ireland</a>, and author of <a href="https://abookapart.com/products/accessibility-for-everyone">Accessibility For Everyone</a> from A Book Apart. I’m co-founder of <a href="https://small-tech.org">Small Technology Foundation</a>, a tiny two-person-and-one-husky not-for-profit organisation advocating for and building small technology designed to increase human welfare, not corporate profits.

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I’m a British designer living in Ireland, and author of Accessibility For Everyone from A Book Apart. I’m co-founder of Small Technology Foundation, a tiny two-person-and-one-husky not-for-profit organisation advocating for and building small technology designed to increase human welfare, not corporate profits.

On an average day, I do everything from design and development, learning how to run a sustainable not-for-profit, and trying to make privacy, and rights-respecting technology, accessible to a wide audience. You can find me making design decisions, writing code, nudging icon pixels, or interpreting a privacy policy into something humans can understand. Sometimes I speak at conferences and write articles too.

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I’m a British designer living in Ireland (https://laurakalbag.com), and author of Accessibility For Everyone (https://abookapart.com/products/accessibility-for-everyone) from A Book Apart. I’m co-founder of Small Technology Foundation (https://small-tech.org), a tiny two-person-and-one-husky not-for-profit organisation advocating for and building small technology designed to increase human welfare, not corporate profits.

On an average day, I do everything from design and development, learning how to run a sustainable not-for-profit, and trying to make privacy, and rights-respecting technology, accessible to a wide audience. You can find me making design decisions, writing code, nudging icon pixels, or interpreting a privacy policy into something humans can understand. Sometimes I speak at conferences and write articles too.

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[I’m a British designer living in Ireland](https://laurakalbag.com), and author of [Accessibility For Everyone](https://abookapart.com/products/accessibility-for-everyone) from A Book Apart. I’m co-founder of [Small Technology Foundation](https://small-tech.org), a tiny two-person-and-one-husky not-for-profit organisation advocating for and building small technology designed to increase human welfare, not corporate profits.

On an average day, I do everything from design and development, learning how to run a sustainable not-for-profit, and trying to make privacy, and rights-respecting technology, accessible to a wide audience. You can find me making design decisions, writing code, nudging icon pixels, or interpreting a privacy policy into something humans can understand. Sometimes I speak at conferences and write articles too.

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<p><a href="https://laurakalbag.com">Laura Kalbag</a> is a British designer living in Ireland, and author of <a href="https://abookapart.com/products/accessibility-for-everyone">Accessibility For Everyone</a> from A Book Apart. I’m co-founder of <a href="https://small-tech.org">Small Technology Foundation</a>, a tiny two-person-and-one-husky not-for-profit organisation advocating for and building small technology designed to increase human welfare, not corporate profits.</p>

<p>On an average day, I do everything from design and development, learning how to run a sustainable not-for-profit, and trying to make privacy, and rights-respecting technology, accessible to a wide audience. You can find me making design decisions, writing code, nudging icon pixels, or interpreting a privacy policy into something humans can understand. Sometimes I speak at conferences and write articles too.</p>

Photos

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Download full size early 2018 photo. Please attribute photo to Jérémie Fontana jfontana.fr

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Mon, 02 Mar 2020 11:49:23 +0000

You can subscribe to new posts on this website with an RSS feed reader. Below you’ll find a list of feeds available on this site:

What is RSS?

RSS is a way to get updates from a website without visiting the site itself. It’s particularly useful for getting the latest news from a news site, or blog posts from a blog. The updates are listed in a “feed” which is syndicated (synced) from the website to your “feed reader” of choice.

The feed is accessible from a URL that usually ends in .xml. For example, this site’s full RSS feed is available at https://laurakalbag.com/index.xml. If you follow that URL, you might just get the raw XML file, or your browser might render the RSS in a readable format for you. Nowadays it seems most browsers won’t render RSS by default, or without an extension, and you’ll need a feed reader to read RSS feeds.

A feed reader is a service or app that collects together all the feeds you’ve subscribed to, and displays them in a readable format. It makes it easy to read the updates from all your favourite RSS feeds in one location, whether that’s on the web or using a dedicated feed reader app.

An RSS feed usually contains reverse chronological list of posts each with their date, title, author and content. Sometimes the content is just an excerpt, encouraging you to read the rest of the content on the original site. An excerpt can defeat the point of providing RSS, where a big benefit is that the reader can customise how the posts display in their feed reader to improve their reading experience.

An RSS feed, as displayed by NetNewsWire.

The benefits of RSS

Another big benefit of RSS is that you curate your own feeds. You get to choose what you subscribe to in your feed reader, and the order in which the posts show up. You might prefer to read the oldest posts first, or the newest. You might group your feeds by topic or another priority. You are not subjected to the “algorithmic feed” of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, where they choose the order for you. You won’t miss your friends’ posts because the algorithm decided to suppress them, and you are not forced to endure ads disguised as content (unless a feed you subscribe to includes ads inside their posts).

Also, RSS does not track you. Not by default, anyway. Sites can often see that their RSS feed is being accessed, and where from, but it is harder to embed tracking into RSS feed content compared to the original website. You should also be aware that some feed readers will use tracking, and it’s probably good to find one that does not track you. Feedbin is a good example of a feed reader that doesn’t track you, and also curbs tracking from your feeds too.

A photo post from an RSS feed, as displayed by Feedbin. The content is presented very simply.

Feed readers

RSS feed readers come in a variety of forms.

Feed reader app. An app where you can subscribe to feeds using a feed’s URL. Usually will let you read posts offline once they’ve been downloaded. Often will require a syncing service to sync your feed subscriptions across multiple devices.
Feed reader service. A web service where you can subscribe to feeds using a feed’s URL. You can read posts from any web browser, and can often be used as a syncing service with other feed reader apps.
Browser extension. A browser extension which can identify a feed’s URL on any site. Sometimes the extension will also render RSS feeds. Usually it will open the feed in a feed reader app already on your device.

Some feed reader recommendations

There are a lot of feed readers out there. The recommendations below are independent and not supported by ads or tracking (at time of research!) The list is also focused on those that are quick to set up and use, not reliant on any other software or specific technical skills.

Feedbin. (For web.) Feedbin is a feed reader service. It’s $5 USD a month (there is a free trial) and works as both a web-based feed reader and a syncing service for other feed reader apps. Feedbin is private by default.
Lire. (For macOS and iOS.) Lire is a feed reader app that has good screenreader accessibility and works with a range of feed reader services. It’s $19.99 USD on macOS and $6.99 USD on iOS, and is developed by Kunal Sood. Thanks to Jennifer Sutton for the recommendation.
NetNewsWire. (For macOS and iOS.) NetNewsWire is a free and open feed reader app that works with a range of feed reader services. It’s free (as in no monetary cost) and developed by a team of volunteers.
NewsBlur. (For web, iOS and Android.) NewsBlur is a feed reader service with apps. It’s freemium, with a limited free account or $36 USD a year. It works as both a web-based feed reader, with its own apps, and as a syncing service for other feed reader apps. Thanks to Orde Saunders for the recommendation.
BazQux. (For web.) BazQux is a feed reader service. It’s $30 USD a year (there is a free trial) and works as both a web-based feed reader and a syncing service for other feed reader apps. Thanks to Mats Staugaard for the recommendation.
Flym News Reader. (For Android.) Flym News Reader is a free and open feed reader app. It’s free (as in no monetary cost) and developed by Frédéric Julian, who takes donations for his work. Thanks to Lucas Dondo for the recommendation.
Wildcard option: Fraidycat. (Firefox and Chrome browser extension.) Fraidycat is a quirky free and open browser extension. It’s free (as in no monetary cost) and is fairly new.

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Privacy

Mon, 02 Mar 2020 11:16:34 +0000

I do not track you. This website does not have analytics, third-party web fonts or social network buttons that track you.

This website uses Site.js which provides me with simple statistics about my website. These statistics tell me:

how many people visit my website
my most popular pages
pages people have tried to visit even though they don’t exist

These statistics don’t tell me anything about the people who visit my website because they don’t track you. They don’t collect any information about you.

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Accessibility For Everyone

Wed, 06 Dec 2017 13:52:54 +0100

I wrote a book! It’s called Accessibility For Everyone, and you can buy it in paperback and ebook from A Book Apart, and as an audiobook on Audible. Do you want to know about how to make your website more accessible to people with disabilities and other accessibility-related needs? My book helps you do just that.

Photos taken by folks on Twitter

For those more experienced in the web, Accessibility For Everyone can fill in the accessibility-sized gaps in your knowledge. And for people entirely new to making websites, it should help you get started on the right track. The book is aimed at web designers, developers, content strategists, copywriters, researchers, testers, and anybody else who makes websites.

Want to try before you buy? You can read an excerpt from Accessibility For Everyone on A List Apart.

Reviews

My friend Terence Eden kicked off the book reviews with a lovely five-star review, and Michael Larsen wrote a long-form review across multiple blog posts which starts with Accessibility for Everyone: A Long-Form, Multi Part Book Review.

Accessibility For Everyone has had lovely reviews on Goodreads, and below are some of my favourites from Twitter. You can find more reviews from Twitter on the @a4ebook Twitter feed.

“I would totally recommend accessibility for everyone by @laurakalbag , it’s such an amazing overview of the field ✨” Emily Ruby

“Accessibility for Everyone (@a4ebook) is an incredibly broad and good overview of how to build a better and more inclusive web. A treasure trove of a11y info…” Almero Steyn

“Started reading your book a4e this morning and I held a smile on my face the entire time. Your book made me realize grateful I am to be a designer and how much I’m in love with design. Thanks!” Devin Fountain

“I’m only a chapter in and already learned about like 4 things I didn’t know existed. This book is excellent.” Tyler Gaw

“Three chapters into Accessibility for Everyone by @laurakalbag, and I have to say… the book itself is accessible and easily digestible.” Samantha Blinde

I got some celeb endorsements too… 😆

“You absolutely wrote a book. And congratulations on the accomplishment.” Roxane Gay, 19th August 2017

Buy the mug!

A Book Apart also sells mugs printed with each of their book covers. If you want a beautifully-designed mug that reminds everybody you’re a well-read person who cares about accessibility, you should buy one!

Osky and me trying the mug out!

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Speaking

Wed, 01 Nov 2017 18:07:44 +0100

I love conferences and meetups, they’re a great way to share what we’re working on, learn from like-minded folk, and meet new friends. I’ve been really lucky to be invited to speak at over fifty conferences in the last eight years, doing presentations, panels, interviews, and even playing MC.

You can find my upcoming talks on the Small Technology Foundation site. I’ve put my most recent presentations, with full slides, transcripts, and resources on my Notist profile. There’s videos of a few past talks on the Small Technology Foundation site too. You can find a list of most of my past talks below.

If you think I might be a good fit for speaking at your event, please drop me an email, I’d love to hear from you. My talks are easy-to-understand introductions to privacy, ethical and rights-respecting design, and accessibility/inclusive design. They are usually designed for a wide audience of people in the web and tech industry, but can contain more technical detail or more accessible explanations to better suit the background of the audience. I’m very friendly to non-technical audiences, and try to practice accessibility and inclusivity in everything I do.

A photo of me speaking at 12 Devs of Winter in 2014, taken by the talented Alex Jegtnes

Past Talks

SmashingConf Frieburg online, 8th September 2020. Read the ‘This One Weird Trick Tells Us Everything About You’ presentation on Notist.
New Adventures in Nottingham, UK, 23rd January 2020. Read and watch the ‘Defying the mainstream: building technology that respects our rights’ presentation on Notist.
ffconf in Brighton, UK, 8th November 2019. Read and watch the ‘8 Unbelievable Things You Never Knew About Tracking’ presentation on Notist.
Accessibility Scotland in Edinburgh, Scotland, 25th October 2019. Read and watch the ‘Accessible unethical technology’ presentation on Notist.
Nordic.design in Stockholm, Sweden, 9th October 2019. Read and watch the ‘Disruptive Design: Harmful Patterns and Bad Practice’ presentation on Notist.
State Of The Browser in London, UK, 14th September 2019. Read and watch the ‘Accessibility For Everyone’ presentation on Notist.
Loupe in Amsterdam, Netherlands, 15th August 2019. Read and watch the ‘Accessibility For Everyone’ presentation on Notist.
Think About! in Cologne, Germany, 24th May 2019. Read the ‘Small Technology’ presentation on Notist.
From Business to Buttons in Stockholm, Sweden, 3rd May 2019. Read and watch the ‘Disruptive Design: Harmful Patterns and Bad Practice’ presentation on Notist.
Aracon in Berlin, Germany 29th-30th January 2019. Read and watch the ‘People Might Actually Use This’ presentation on Notist.
Designing For Tomorrow in London, UK 21st January 2019.
Ask Direct Fundraising Summer School in Dublin, Ireland 12th-13th July 2018.
Futurefest in London, UK 6th-7th July 2018.
Webinale in Berlin, Germany 5th June 2018.
NZZ X.Days in Interlaken, Switzerland 21st March 2018.
UX Copenhagen in Copenhagen, Denmark 27th February 2018.
IxDA in Lausanne, Switzerland 20th February 2018.
Webstock in Wellington, New Zealand 14th February 2018. Read and watch the ‘Sabotaging Our Future Selves’ presentation on Notist.
ada_conf in Malmö, Sweden 25th November 2017.
Chicago Digital Accessibility and Inclusive Design Meetup in Chicago, USA (virtually!) 15th November 2017.
A11y Club in Berlin, Germany 6th November 2017.
Push Conference in Munich, Germany 21st-22nd September 2017. Read and watch the ‘Digital Assistants, Facebook Quizzes, And Fake News! You Won’t Believe What Happens Next’ presentation at Push Conference on Notist
European Conference on Data Ethics in Copenhagen, Denmark 29th September 2017.
Landing Festival in Lisbon, Portugal 2nd-3rd June 2017.
App Builders in Lausanne, Switzerland 24th-25th April 2017.
DIBI 2017 in Edinburgh, Scotland 30th-31st March 2017. Read the ‘Digital Assistants, Facebook Quizzes, And Fake News! You Won’t Believe What Happens Next’ presentation at DIBI 2017 on Notist
Decent #1 at FooCafé in Malmö, Sweden 24th March 2017.
MakingWEB 2016 in Norway: Oslo on 22nd September 2016.
Frontend Conference Zurich 2016 in Switzerland: Zurich on 1st–2nd September 2016.
DEVit Conference 2016 Greece: Thessaloniki on 20th May 2016.
Over the Air 2015 in UK: London on 25th–26th September 2015.
Frontend Conference Zurich 2015 in Switzerland: Zurich on 27th–28th August 2015.
418conf in UK: Redhill on 16th June 2015.
Web Sherpa Summit online on 23rd April 2015.
dsgnday in Netherlands: Amsterdam on 11th November 2014.
border:none 2014 in Germany: Nuremberg on 17th–18th October 2014.
WXG 2014 in UK: Guildford on 26th September 2014.
Indie Tech Summit in UK: Brighton on 4th–5th July 2014.
KiwiParty in France: Strasbourg on 13th June 2014.
Talk Web Design 2014 in UK: London Borough of Greenwich on 7th May 2014.
DotYork Conference 2014 in UK: York on 1st May 2014.
12 Devs of Winter in UK: London on 22nd January 2014.
MK Geek Night #7 in UK: Milton Keynes on 5th December 2013.
The Digital Barn 3 in UK: Barnsley on 11th–12th October 2013.
lx.js 2013 (Lisbon Javascript) in Portugal: Lisbon on 2nd–3rd October 2013.
Shropgeek (R)Evolution in UK: Shrewsbury on 27th September 2013.
The Dare Conference in UK: London on 23rd–25th September 2013.
MobX 2013 in Germany: Berlin on 13th September 2013.
Front-end London August in UK: London on 29th August 2013.
CSS Summit 2013 online on 23rd–25th July 2013.
#define 2013 in UK: Rugby on 15th June 2013.
State of the Browser 2013 in UK: London on 20th April 2013.
Breaking Borders: Building Blocks in UK: Reading on 16th April 2013.
Responsive Day Out in UK: Brighton on 1st March 2013.
WordPress London January 2013 in UK: London on 17th January 2013.
Talk Web Design 2013 in UK: London on 16th January 2013.
Handheld 2012 in UK: Cardiff on 19th November 2012.
Tomorrow’s Web in UK: London on 13th October 2012.
Health for nerds in UK: Bath on 4th October 2012.
From The Front – The Treasure of Frontend Island in Italy: Bologna on 20th–21st September 2012.
Over the Air 2012 in UK: Bletchley Park on 1st–2nd June 2012.
The Future of Web Design London 2012 in UK: London on 14th–16th May 2012.
Future Insights Live 2012 United States United States: Las Vegas on 30th April–4th May 2012.
London Web Standards: Flux in UK: London on 12th March 2012.
Update 2011 in UK: Brighton on 5th September 2011.
Bathcamp (the barcamp) 2010 in UK: Bath on 30th–31st October 2010.

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Contact Me

Tue, 31 Oct 2017 20:46:48 +0100

The Basics

Email hello@laurakalbag.com.

Email is the easiest way to contact me. If you want to talk about Small Technology Foundation-related things, my “work” email is laura@small-tech.org.

Just Say Hi

If you just want to say hi, it’s definitely best to contact me on Mastodon or on Twitter. I’m not on Twitter so much nowadays.

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About Me

Thu, 26 Oct 2017 20:28:58 +0200

Basics

I’m Laura Kalbag, a designer and British person, now living in Kilkenny, Ireland. I wrote a book about web accessibility called Accessibility For Everyone. You can buy it in paperback or ebook from A Book Apart.

The latest selfie of me from my Photos.

I’m co-founder of Small Technology Foundation, a tiny two-person-and-one-husky not-for-profit working for social justice in the digital age (previously known as Ind.ie). At Small Technology Foundation, we work towards building a more rights-respecting web.

Since July 2021, I’ve also been working on developer and designer relations for Stately.

If you’re looking for a quick bio or headshot, I have a bio page with many different formats.

How do I pronounce Kalbag?

My surname is Kalbag. It is pronounced cal as in calories, and bag as in… bag. It’s an uncommon Indian name pronounced in a very British way.

My pronouns

My pronouns are she/her.

I am a designer

As part of tiny teams, I’ve done a lot under the title of designer. Aral and I have worked together on the holistic design of Small Technology Foundation. I’ve worked on everything from graphic design to web development while learning how to run a sustainable not-for-profit organisation.

My work means I’m always striving to make privacy and broader ethics in technology accessible to a wide audience. You can typically find me making design decisions, writing CSS, nudging icon pixels, or distilling a privacy policy into something humans can understand. Sometimes, I speak at conferences and write articles, too.

Principles

Honest, sustainable, and independent design is important to me. I believe the web should be owned and controlled by the people who use it, and we who create technology should do so ethically and responsibly. I like small tech, not big tech.

I also speak and write regularly about the importance of accessibility and inclusivity in the web and tech communities. I first became interested in the web because I loved how it made information and shared experiences available to (almost) everybody. I want to work for a web that is equally accessible to all people, and respects their rights.

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